Title: Forgiven
Author: Keridwen
Disclaimer: Ok, confession first. I admit that many of my thoughts have
been disjointed over the last ten chapters. I think if I moved some stuff
around it would make more sense. Anyway, I deeply appreciate all of your
patience, especially Tavia who has given new meaning to the word patience,
and Elf, who came back to a fic that almost didn't go anywhere, and to the
others who probably spent a lot of their time reading it. Your efforts are
by no means unappreciated.
Moral: there is more gained from trying, and maybe failing or maybe winning, than never trying at all...Star Trek is - regretfully- not owned by me.
Chapter 19: Evil Unveiled
Personal Log: I have just meet with Julian: outrageous fool! He thought to bring one of Starfleet into our fold. He simply has no clue, and it will be a pleasure to rid myself of him when the time comes...
The Federation thinks that it can play big brother to every planet in the quadrant. I am here to prove them wrong. Norton Treadway provided me with a great opportunity, and I took it. 'See new worlds!' he told me, trying to play me for a fool. It was quite the reverse, however.
It will be good to be home again. To be with Rihannsu. These humans are starting to make my stomach crawl. No doubt they would feel the same in my armor, some races were never meant to associate. If their tricorders could scan through all the genetic recoding my poor body has gone under, they would see me for who I really am. Rihannsu, or Romulan as they call my people. Then they would suppress me quickly, I would be sent to torture at their precious Starfleet command.
It is good menne'sahe to see my plan finally come together, and to destroy the ship and the Captain that slaughtered my brother's career in the service of the praetorate. I think not much of his commander, she was taken in by a Vulcan, but my brother acted in a manner befitting of a Rihannsu officer. Tal was demoted for it.
I will see beginning of the fall of the Federation and their precious Starfleet. With the outrage over the violation of their prime directive and what many militant factions call the Nilians inherent "Human" rights.
It is quite sickening.
However, with a push of this button, the Enterprise will be destroyed.
This should be quite fun.
A'lana out.
And with smile at the ship on the screen, the Romulan agent who had created much havoc in the past few days, using GyroTech, to use the Federation, to start a conflict between different factions within her peoples arch enemy, she pressed the button.
It was the last thing she saw before a phaser beam cut her down, a second to late.
At a Nilian Planetary defense facility outside the city of Le'Gin, warning sirens pealed through the air. People rushed here and there behind a backdrop of chaos. Then the top of the largest hill outside of the city began to open up. The ground shook as the sides of the hill melted away to reveal a launching platform, which proceeded to rise up out of the earth. It transformed again, and out of the platform came six launchers. They rose in unison, twisting to point at the night sky, and their target: the Enterprise. Horrified Nilians watched helplessly as the nuclear missiles armed themselves and the firing siren went off. Panic flowed through the city at such intensity that not even psionic shields could control it. With a tremendous roar and burst of light, one missile after another burst from the launcher. They sailed into the sky until the were just points of light, moving with the stars, and then.
"Incoming!"
The cry from the navigator of the bridge of the Enterprise came a fraction to late."
"Scotty, Shields, NOW!" cried Uhura, in a vain attempt to avoid the six missiles coming straight for them.
They wouldn't come in time.
A bright light filled the screen.
Uhura waited for death.
And waited.
And then opened her eyes.
A second later, she was still standing on the bridge of the Enterprise, and on the screen, directly in front of them, was the U.S.S. Athena. Cheering filled the bridge.
"Athena to Enterprise, come in Enterprise."
Uhura answered.
"Lt. Uhura in temporary command of the Enterprise here sir."
"Well, it's nice to hear from you, Lt. Communications in this area seem to be a bit garbled or we would have announced our arrival."
"I thank you for you impeccable timing, Captain Scherer."
"All in the line of duty Lieutenant. Now let's see if we cant help you find your Captain."
"It sounds like a great plan sir."
"Very well, I'll have my first officer, commander Storon, beam over in a few minutes."
"Very good sir, Enterprise out."
Uhura sank back and tried to recover her nerves. It wasn't hard, and now she was no longer in this alone. Captain Scherer was known by reputation for his willingness to aid others.
"Thank God he's sending a Vulcan," were the last thoughts she had before she got back to solving the problem of locating her Captain.
"Spock, the controls, can you stop the missiles?"
"Negative, Captain, the missiles have already been fired."
"Damnit, can't we do something."
"Captain, another ship has entered the system at high warp, It is Starfleet registry, NCC 1066. Captain Scherer. "
Spock narrated as Kirk, Sulu, and Chekov listened hard. Kirk and Spock had found the junior officers being led away by humans from Observer 301 in Nilian costume. It wasn't hard freeing the two, but Chekov and Sulu's pride to quite a sting in the behind.
/"We were here to save all of you," explained Sulu as they rushed back to stop the missile launch. "We didn't count on you and Mr. Spock having to saving us."
"That's perfectly alright, Mr. Sulu, these past few days have not exactly what I would call normal."/
"The missiles are five thousand kilometers and closing. The Athena is moving in. (pause) The missiles have hit the Athena. No evident damage, she came in with her shields up. The Enterprise also appears to be undamaged."
Kirk breathed a sigh of relief, Sulu grinned, and Chekov let out a quiet cheer.
"Also, I believe I have discovered the source of the jamming field. We will soon be able to beam back up to the Enterprise."
"Let's make sure we take the charming Dr. Whitefield with us, and send security down here to round up the rest."
Spock nodded and Sulu grinned again. He had seen the trail of bodies that the Captain and Mr. Spock had left behind them. Those two were a very efficient seek and destroy team.
He He G. I. Spock. Funny.
Moral: there is more gained from trying, and maybe failing or maybe winning, than never trying at all...Star Trek is - regretfully- not owned by me.
Chapter 19: Evil Unveiled
Personal Log: I have just meet with Julian: outrageous fool! He thought to bring one of Starfleet into our fold. He simply has no clue, and it will be a pleasure to rid myself of him when the time comes...
The Federation thinks that it can play big brother to every planet in the quadrant. I am here to prove them wrong. Norton Treadway provided me with a great opportunity, and I took it. 'See new worlds!' he told me, trying to play me for a fool. It was quite the reverse, however.
It will be good to be home again. To be with Rihannsu. These humans are starting to make my stomach crawl. No doubt they would feel the same in my armor, some races were never meant to associate. If their tricorders could scan through all the genetic recoding my poor body has gone under, they would see me for who I really am. Rihannsu, or Romulan as they call my people. Then they would suppress me quickly, I would be sent to torture at their precious Starfleet command.
It is good menne'sahe to see my plan finally come together, and to destroy the ship and the Captain that slaughtered my brother's career in the service of the praetorate. I think not much of his commander, she was taken in by a Vulcan, but my brother acted in a manner befitting of a Rihannsu officer. Tal was demoted for it.
I will see beginning of the fall of the Federation and their precious Starfleet. With the outrage over the violation of their prime directive and what many militant factions call the Nilians inherent "Human" rights.
It is quite sickening.
However, with a push of this button, the Enterprise will be destroyed.
This should be quite fun.
A'lana out.
And with smile at the ship on the screen, the Romulan agent who had created much havoc in the past few days, using GyroTech, to use the Federation, to start a conflict between different factions within her peoples arch enemy, she pressed the button.
It was the last thing she saw before a phaser beam cut her down, a second to late.
At a Nilian Planetary defense facility outside the city of Le'Gin, warning sirens pealed through the air. People rushed here and there behind a backdrop of chaos. Then the top of the largest hill outside of the city began to open up. The ground shook as the sides of the hill melted away to reveal a launching platform, which proceeded to rise up out of the earth. It transformed again, and out of the platform came six launchers. They rose in unison, twisting to point at the night sky, and their target: the Enterprise. Horrified Nilians watched helplessly as the nuclear missiles armed themselves and the firing siren went off. Panic flowed through the city at such intensity that not even psionic shields could control it. With a tremendous roar and burst of light, one missile after another burst from the launcher. They sailed into the sky until the were just points of light, moving with the stars, and then.
"Incoming!"
The cry from the navigator of the bridge of the Enterprise came a fraction to late."
"Scotty, Shields, NOW!" cried Uhura, in a vain attempt to avoid the six missiles coming straight for them.
They wouldn't come in time.
A bright light filled the screen.
Uhura waited for death.
And waited.
And then opened her eyes.
A second later, she was still standing on the bridge of the Enterprise, and on the screen, directly in front of them, was the U.S.S. Athena. Cheering filled the bridge.
"Athena to Enterprise, come in Enterprise."
Uhura answered.
"Lt. Uhura in temporary command of the Enterprise here sir."
"Well, it's nice to hear from you, Lt. Communications in this area seem to be a bit garbled or we would have announced our arrival."
"I thank you for you impeccable timing, Captain Scherer."
"All in the line of duty Lieutenant. Now let's see if we cant help you find your Captain."
"It sounds like a great plan sir."
"Very well, I'll have my first officer, commander Storon, beam over in a few minutes."
"Very good sir, Enterprise out."
Uhura sank back and tried to recover her nerves. It wasn't hard, and now she was no longer in this alone. Captain Scherer was known by reputation for his willingness to aid others.
"Thank God he's sending a Vulcan," were the last thoughts she had before she got back to solving the problem of locating her Captain.
"Spock, the controls, can you stop the missiles?"
"Negative, Captain, the missiles have already been fired."
"Damnit, can't we do something."
"Captain, another ship has entered the system at high warp, It is Starfleet registry, NCC 1066. Captain Scherer. "
Spock narrated as Kirk, Sulu, and Chekov listened hard. Kirk and Spock had found the junior officers being led away by humans from Observer 301 in Nilian costume. It wasn't hard freeing the two, but Chekov and Sulu's pride to quite a sting in the behind.
/"We were here to save all of you," explained Sulu as they rushed back to stop the missile launch. "We didn't count on you and Mr. Spock having to saving us."
"That's perfectly alright, Mr. Sulu, these past few days have not exactly what I would call normal."/
"The missiles are five thousand kilometers and closing. The Athena is moving in. (pause) The missiles have hit the Athena. No evident damage, she came in with her shields up. The Enterprise also appears to be undamaged."
Kirk breathed a sigh of relief, Sulu grinned, and Chekov let out a quiet cheer.
"Also, I believe I have discovered the source of the jamming field. We will soon be able to beam back up to the Enterprise."
"Let's make sure we take the charming Dr. Whitefield with us, and send security down here to round up the rest."
Spock nodded and Sulu grinned again. He had seen the trail of bodies that the Captain and Mr. Spock had left behind them. Those two were a very efficient seek and destroy team.
He He G. I. Spock. Funny.